alone
英 [ə'ləʊn]
美 [ə'lon]
- adj. 独自的；单独的；孤独的
- adv. 独自地；单独地
alone 中文词源
alone 英文词源
- alone
- alone: [13] Although partly disguised by its pronunciation, alone is in fact simply a compound of all and one (whose /wun/ pronunciation began to develop around the 15th century). In Old English it was a completely separate phrase, all āna, literally ‘completely by oneself’, but by the 13th century this had coalesced into a single word. Loss of its initial ain the 14th century gave rise to the adjective lone.
=> all, lone, one - alone (adj., adv.)
- c. 1300 contraction of all ane, from Old English all ana "unaccompanied, all by oneself," from all "all, wholly" (see all) + an "one" (see one). Similar compounds are found in German (allein) and Dutch (alleen).
alone 双语例句
1. If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company.--Jean Paul Sartre 如果你独处时感到寂寞，说明没有把自己陪好。 来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 2. Don't leave a child alone in a room with an open fire.
- 房间里有裸露的明火时，不要让孩子独处其中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He knew when to leave well alone and when to interfere.
- 他知道什么时候该适可而止，什么时候该插手干预。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone.
- 他一直都被视为异类，无人理睬，形单影只。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was working alone and did not have an accomplice.
- 他在单干，没有同伙。
来自柯林斯例句